This is why we say "critical support". China gets a lot of things right but this definitely is not one of them and they can and certainly should do better on this.
This is probably the biggest thing most of us who support AES states criticize constantly.
the litmus test of the left should be Palestine or by certain extend Armenia.
So far only one country passes the test and it's a country that is under siege for almost 11 years, with acute famine cause by exterior forces including 1 superpower and 3 regional powers
Exactly. Critical support for China is well and good, and I always support it. But we support Palestine as well right? So you have to ask yourself: shouldn't these colonists building settlements for zionists on occupied land for a genocidal regime and profiting of colonialism be considered enemies of the resistance, whose trying to end this injustice and end the genocide? Think about it.
Admittedly, the resistance is not in a position right now, where this question has practical relevance, but in order to judge a political situation you should always take the perspective of the most oppressed and that is not China in this case. While China may be able to afford being "neutral" (pretending you even can be neutral in face of a genocide, which you can't), Palestinians definitely do not have this privilege of pretend "neutrality". The genocide is being forced on them. And if at any point the tables where to turn and they decided to take appropriate and measured action against these occupiers and those who aid them, then that would be their rightful call to make.
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